it of ipl, it has transformed world cricket for good.— of ipl, it has transformed world cricket for goodor good. it is going to be pretty much _ cricket for good. it is going to be pretty much nonstop _ cricket for good. it is going to be pretty much nonstop t20 - cricket for good. it is going to be pretty much nonstop t20 cricket| pretty much nonstop t20 cricket because the final of that ipl is just before the t20 world cup in the west indies, which i'm sure geeta will be delighted with back in london! my children will be! i don't know if i will be! do you know, the ipl always clashes with school exams, a complete disaster in our house! has to do clutch for something, it is on all the time! a lot of cricket on. —— attest to clash with something. get more of the main news today. the uk government has banned 15 synthetic opioids is a bbc investigation reveals its data may be under estimating their spread. the department of health estimated 19 nonfatal overdoses last year linked to new cuisines. but there have been more than 100 deaths last summer. the bbc correspondence has spoken to one

the ipl continues to attract t20 cricket's biggest and its chairman the ipl continues to attract t20ys the league has transformed the sport. yes, as you have seen, it is going over the years, the ipl. every year you find amazing talent coming out of ipl and this season is going to be no different. over the last 15, 16 years, in such a short span ipl has become the number two league in terms of the value globally. so there is a part of ipl, it has transformed world cricket for good. so that starts on friday, matthew, but they have only scheduled the first two weeks of the ipl this season because it clashes with the indian elections, so we will see exactly when that final will be. complicated. 0lly foster, thanks very much. as promised, let's get more on sudan and a conflict described as the war that the world has actually forgotten. civilians caught up in the country's civil war have given graphic accounts to the bbc of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. top united nations officials say the war has plunged the country into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent

it is not the only ipl notes -- ipo news. we are getting headlines. not in the but in dubai. $429 million ipo. in the context of what you might see in london or new york is not that they but it is a vector. it marks a record for dubai. this is a public parking business that is a huge demand. $71 billion in orders. that massive move there. whether that is a dubai story or indicative of perhaps another realm or another success story for the ipo. lots to talk about coming up later on the show. our exclusive interview with the wto chief economist. that is coming up shortly. stick with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back this comes as the company embarks on a year-long effort to trim costs and boost profits within the unit. stepping with the bank's pace, citigroup producing its investment banking headcount in london. 20 employees affected. they are lucky to include junior staffers in the analyst a director that was. sticking with corporate news. the u.s. justice department is said to be poised to apple as soon as today. for violating antitrust laws. a

to cricket, and match nine of the 2024 ipl season is under way.he rajastan royals are hosting the dehli capitals. dehli won the toss and elected to field. the royals are 36—3. england's jos buttler dismissed for 11. royals won their opening match, while the capitals lost. in the miami open women's singles, victoria azarenka is through to the semifinals after taking three hours to beat yulia putintseva. she'll now play elena rybakina. meanwhile, american danielle collins beat caroline garcia 6—3, 6—2 to put her one more win away from reaching herfirst final. she's planning to retire from the wta tour at the end of the season because of health reasons. collins will face russian ekaterina alexandrova. this is my personal choice and this is so much more to do than just tennis and my career. i am enjoying my career and having a lot of fun. i love coming out here and competing. but at the end of the doubt this is a really big life decisions. ifeel like i have had tojustify a really big life decisions. ifeel like i have had to justify my decision a lot a

ms dhoni has handed over the captaincy of ipl champions chennai super kings to ruturaj gaikwad on thetournament. having already retired from international cricket, 42—year—old dhoni has described what's likely to be his final campaign as a "gift" to his fans. a big moment for england captain marlie packer to come in this weekend's women's six nations opener against italy on sunday — she'll win her 100th cap for the side. the 34—year—old flanker made her debut for the red roses in 2008, and becomes only the seventh woman to reach the milestone. england won the six nations grand slam last year — and are aiming to win their sixth six nations title in a row. yeah, six nations title in a row. super excited. i think for it's yeah, super excited. i think for me it's more aboutjust kicking off the six nations, always a tournament you want to be involved in. to receive my 100 and the first game is pretty special. 0ver my 100 and the first game is pretty special. over in palmer, my friends and family are coming over, i think. had to ask for a managerfor16, 17 tickets the other day and the max a

to cricket, and match nine of the 2024 ipl season is under way.yals are hosting the dehli capitals. dehli won the toss and elected to field. the royals are 142—4 after 17 overs. riyan parag has reached 50 which came offjust 3a balls. he is currently on 57. royals won their opening match, while the capitals lost. in the miami open in the women's singles, victoria azarenka is through to the semifinals after taking three hours to beat yulia putintseva. she'll now play elena rybakina. meanwhile, american danielle collins beat caroline garcia 6—3, 6—2 to put her one more win away from reaching herfirst final. she's planning to retire from the wta tour at the end of the season because of health reasons. collins will face russian ekaterina alexandrova. defending champion daniil medvedev is through to the last four of the miami open after a straight sets victory over nicholas jarry. after taking the first set comfortably, six games to two, medvedev was made to work much harder by the chilean in the second, who forced a tie break. but it was the world numb

the 2024 ipl starts a week on friday. about in the tennis — emma navarro, the unseeded american, knocked out world number two aryna sabalenka at indian wells, to make the last eight. navarro took the first set 6—3, but the lost the second by the same margin... she held her nerve, to claim the biggest win of her career in the decider. she won that 6—2. sealing it on her second match point. sabalenka made several errors in the match — but a great win for navarro, who is into herfirst wta 1000 quarterfinal. and just a day before golf�*s players championship in florida, rory mcilroy is concerned "fans are losing interest" in watching the sport due to the splits which have seen several of the world's top names defect from the pga tour, to saudi backed liv golf. it means the championship at tpc sawgrass won't see the likes ofjon rahm, cameron smith and brooks koepka taking part. if i were a fan, i would want to watch the best players compete against each other week in, week out, and to me, that seems like the lowest hanging fru

ms dhoni has handed over the captaincy of ipl champions chennai super kings to ruturaj gaikwad on theld dhoni has described what's likely to be his final campaign as a "gift" to his fans. ronnie 0'sullivan is out of the world open, after being beaten by hossein vafaei in the last 16. 0'sullivan missed a crucial black in the final frame, allowing vafaei to complete a victory. the iranian will play ding jinhui in the quarters. and kevin durant continues to climb the nba's all—time scoring list. the 35—year—old overtook shaquille 0'neal to move into eighth place, after scoring 22 points in the phoenix suns'115—102 win over the philadelphia 76ers. earlier this year louis rees zammit stunned welsh rugby by choosing to pursue a career in american football. well, he has reportedly had three offers from teams in the nfl tojoin their roster, after impressing at an international player pathway pro day. 0ur correspondent nesta mcgregor can tell us more. make no mistake the golden boy of rugby, the 20 three—year—old when a plane 31 transfers country scoring 1a prize including this beauty against

that's a different structure between this and say the ipl where you have bidding wars between very, veryrown is leading the way in this year's nominations for the bafta television awards which have just been released. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. many critics might not have loved the final series of the crown, but it leads the way at the baftas with eight nominations. i don't want to go scouring and searching through the newspapers page after page for negative coverage of diana. i want positive coverage of mrs parker—bowles to be glaringly, screamingly obvious! dominic west is recognised for playing prince charles... have i made myself clear? ..lesley manville for princess margaret... you know the princess of wales. ..and salim daw, who plays mohamed al—fayed, is also nominated... we met years ago. yeah, we met. ..alongside elizabeth debicki, who plays princess diana. i mean, don't get me wrong, i'm very proud of my 30 years. i'm the best copper that ever lived. but code 11 — job done. the final series of crime drama happy valley was watched by more than 10 milli

listen to the views of coaches on the workshop on the 8th of april. cricket and match nine of the 2024 iplerway. the rajastan royals are hosting the dehli capitals. dehli won the toss and elected to field. the royals are 117 for four after 15 overs. england'sjos buttler was dismissed for 11 from 16 balls. royals won their opening match, while the capitals lost. england'sjos england's jos butler dismissed england'sjos butler dismissed from 11 to 16 balls. and that's all the sport for now. the exclusive on the post office scandal which is been described as the uk's most widespread miscarriage ofjustice. a draft report uncovered by the bbc shows that the post office spent £100 million of public money fighting sub postmasters in court, despite knowing its defence was untrue. the document revealed the post office was shown evidence by 2017 that losses could be due to errors in the horizon it system or remote tampering. it kept arguing until 2019 and the bates versus post office limited trial that passed by sub postmasters must be to blame. let's get reaction. will speak to a member of the compe

england batter harry brook has pulled out of the ipl for personal reasons.ed what he described as "a difficult decision" on social media, saying it follows the death of his grandmother and his desire to spend time with his grieving family. brook also revealed that his decision to leave england's test tour of india came after discovering the news about her illness. london lions women have made history by becoming the first british basketball side — male orfemale — ever to reach a european final. they beat italian team umana ryer venezia at the copper box in london in the second leg of the semifinal. they will now play in the eurocup women's final. earlier, i spoke to guard holly winterburn and began by asking her how it felt, particularly as part of a women's team? honestly, it happened yesterday and i'm still in shock. we worked so hard for this all season and we just got better every single day, everything will game, so to have made the final and given ourselves the chance to win it is just incredible for us, for women in sport, for british basketball. it's

especially food and beverage giants, are going to see a lot of benefit from the next few months of the iplctions. haslinda: thank you for that. now to some top stories out of the u.s.. reddit shares 48% as ai pitch gets a warm reception from investors. the social media platform has a deal with google which allows the tech giant to use reddit content for training ai models. the reddit ceo -- coo says she expects the platforms data licensing business to continue to grow. >> the reddit corpus of data is incredibly valuable and it gets more valuable. as there is more content that's generated by ai or computers, original human thoughts and ideas increase in value. we think about it. a new car comes out. who is going to review it? a real-life family of six can tell you what it's like to drive that car. that's always going to be valuable. so whether that shows up in data licensing or in the products that reddit builds, it's valuable. haslinda: nike tumbled in after-hours trading in new york after posting a disappointing sales forecast. the sportswear retailer expects revenue in the first half of

and in the ipl, royal challengers bangalore beat punjab kings by four wickets.ext to some shocking discoveries found in a study conducted by the bbc. a questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes, including any applicable transgender athletes, in 28 sports. 143 people responded to the study and most said lack of funds were a huge issue for them. more than three—quarters said they earn less than £30,000 a year from sport — with more than four in ten earning less than £10,000. to put it in context, the national living wage for someone over 23, working a 35—hour week, would be just less than £19,000 a year, according to the office of national statistics. in relation to that, more than a third of the female athletes who responded said they have considered giving up sport because of the cost of living crisis. the study looked at other issues, included trans athletes. more than 100 elite british sportswomen told the bbc they would be uncomfortable with transgender women competing in female categories in their sport. meanwhile, more than 100 respondents said they had experi

in the meantime, j&j had a successful ipl, when the trouble trust that owned j&j, we were betting on the fundamentals of the company, we were betting on the thing that controlled the stock and that was the litigation. you never want to play that game, it is a game. i was far too sanguine about j&j's ability to get a settlement to the novel use of the bankruptcy code, the judge overseeing the flow bankruptcy filed with plaintiffs against j&j. they found themselves to the mercy of the clients, the court ruled that j&j was not in financial distress so it did not have a right, that's why i knew these cases would mount up leading to another procession of hard to predict verdicts, hence why we finally gave up on j&j for the trouble trust, it did not matter that i thought they were not particularly culpable, it did not matter that the fundamentals were terrific, what matters is that through this litigation, they were potentially there for billions and billions of dollars almost -- and losses, then they do not want to have the position that is precarious due to lawsuits in the fundamentals,

variety of sources to colu that the burden suggested that it was not necessary to keep this restriction ipleuse. justice kagan: if i could take you back to the discussion with justice barretabt the conscious objection and i'm sure that you have read the declaratio cefully and im thin tsay about this. as you read those declarations, what is the conscious objection? wh are the doctors objecting to exactly? ms. prelogar: i think the clarations are specific. there are only seven doctorsho regularly practice and submitted evidence and they ar relatively short. this isja 150-20beuse there are only two who provide any informioabout their specific objections. osare dr. scope and francis. the others do not prove specific detail about exactly what care would viattheir conscience. dr. francis is ja155 and the other at j57 they object to ending the life in t wb. justice kagan: they do not object to providing whatever aes from taking mifepristone, in other words supposed somebody has bled significantlyn ed a transfusion or any of a number of oer things that might happen, as you understand th is not objec

the 2024 ipl starts a week on friday. he put some pictures on his social media account. cavallo on the left here popped the question to leighton morrell at the ground where he plays in adelaide. cavallo said it felt right to share this special moment on the pitch, and thanked his club for providing "a safe space in football" for him. what a lovely moment. i'm glad he shared _ what a lovely moment. i'm glad he shared those pictures. | what a lovely moment. i'm glad he shared those pictures.— shared those pictures. i remember interviewing _ shared those pictures. i remember interviewing him, _ shared those pictures. i remember interviewing him, he _ shared those pictures. i remember interviewing him, he was - shared those pictures. i remember interviewing him, he was such i shared those pictures. i remember interviewing him, he was such a i interviewing him, he was such a lovely guy, and we spoke to him in australia when the story first emerged. thanks, mike. the elon musk owned exploration firm �*spacex' is expected to att